Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Sign, Colour & Pictogram Description, Uses and Conventions
To identify the Mains Electrical Isolation Switch:
Placed on the outside of cupboards, rooms that contain the
mains isolation switch, often the mains switch will also be
marked
Safety: Care should always be taken when dealing with switch
equipment and lethal electrical voltages
Used to draw attention to a safe condition indicated by
supplementary text when no specific pictogram is suitable
Sign placed on fire exit doors fitted with full width Panic Bars
Door must be opened by applying pressure to the horizontal
bar.
Sign placed on single doors (normally), fitted with a Push
Pad or Paddle
Door must be opened by applying pressure to the pad
or paddle
To indicate the designated ‘Fire Assembly Point’ at a place
considered as Ultimate Safety from the building being
evacuated
Figure 9.58 Green ‘safe condition’ signs
Staff fire action notices
are positioned in locations
where it is necessary for staff
to take specific action in case
of fire, e.g. places of public
entertainment with a twostaged
evacuation procedure.
It is important to identify the
locations of fire extinguishers
in order to facilitate effective
monitoring, i.e. it can be easily
seen that a fire extinguisher is
missing from a particular
location.
This sign may be used to
indicate the location of a fire
point. A fire point being an
area where there is a cluster of
emergency equipment, e.g. fire
alarm call point, fire
extinguishers and emergency
telephones.
This sign is used to identify the
location of fire blankets which
are normally provided in
kitchens.
The positions of internal fire
hydrants will assist the fire
service locating the necessary
water supplies.
Figure 9.60 Red ‘fi re equipment’ signs and composite ‘fi re action’ signs
Fire protection in buildings
Sign, Colour & Pictogram Description, Uses and Conventions
Identifies a Fire Door that is a ‘Self Closing Fire Door’ that MUST
be kept shut and unobstructed at all times
Positioned at eye level on both faces of each leaf of self-closing fire
doors
Note: Door may be signed ‘Fire Door Kept Closed ’
Identifies a Fire Door that MUST be kept shut and unobstructed at
all times
Used on fire doors without a ‘Self Closing’ devices, i.e. Cleaner‘s
Cupboards, Stores and Plant Rooms or Service Ducts
Identifies a ‘Self Closing Fire Door’ that is held open on electro
magnetic devices which MUST be kept clear and unobstructed at
all times. Obstruction may impede the closing of the door or
shutter, which is released on activation of the fire alarm.
Placed at eye level on doors or shutters, which close automatically
in the event of a fire
Keep area clear of obstructions that may impede escape on an
escape door or route
Found on escape routes where onstructions may occur, e.g. on the
external face of a fire exit door so that vehicles do not obstruct
Fire Action Notices – provide information and instruction on what to
do on discovering a fire, or on hearing the fire alarm.
Positioned at fire alarm call points or to accompany fire
extinguishers, etc.
Figure 9.59 Blue ‘mandatory’ door signs
General fire action notices are
provided for all the occupants of
a building and are normally
located adjacent to fire alarm
call points, storey exits or fire
door exits.
The positions of phones that
may be used to report fire
should be indicated and will also
display instructions on how a fire
or other emergency should be
reported.
The positions of fire alarm call
points should be indicated with
this type of sign particularly in
areas where it may be necessary
to identify the location of a
manual alarm call point from
some distance, e.g. in a large
warehouse.
Signs may be provided that give
information relating to the
operation of the extinguisher
and include basic safety
information.
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